News

Coverage of crypto exploits, drains and scams, alongside reports filed by people who lost funds. Every item names the addresses involved and what PublicAML sees on them.

Items marked Report are filings from readers, published as they were filed. Most have not been checked by anyone, and an unchecked report puts no risk label on any address. File a report.

• NewsSep 23, 2026

  Nostra Faces $3.5 Million Loss from Rigged Oracle Pool

  Nostra experienced a significant loss due to a manipulated oracle price feed. The incident involved a fake NSTR price that was 8,306 times the actual value, leading to unauthorized borrowing.

• NewsSep 22, 2026

  Astroport Suffers $4.9 Million Loss from Malicious Proposal

  Astroport experienced a significant security incident resulting in a loss of $4.9 million. The incident was triggered by a malicious proposal that compromised the platform.

• NewsSep 22, 2026

  Drop suffers $4.4 million loss from malicious proposal

  Drop experienced a significant financial loss due to a malicious proposal. The incident resulted in a loss of $4.4 million.

• NewsSep 21, 2026

  DoinGud NFT Platform Exploited for $35,486 via Bug

  The NFT platform DoinGud was exploited for $35,486 due to a bug in its bidding contract.

• NewsSep 21, 2026

  Authorization Flaw in GaslessReservoirEnabler Leads to $23,000 Loss

  An authorization flaw in the GaslessReservoirEnabler contract allowed an attacker to drain funds from multiple token-holder addresses. The incident affected approximately 997 addresses, resulting in a total loss of $23,000.

• NewsSep 21, 2026

  Internet Token DAO Exploited for $265,000 in LiquidityUnifier Incident

  Internet Token DAO's LiquidityUnifier was exploited, resulting in a significant loss. The attacker manipulated a Uniswap V3 pool address to mint a large amount of INT tokens.

• NewsSep 21, 2026

  RWC Token Exploited on BSC via Flash Loan Attack

  The RWC token on the BNB Smart Chain was exploited through a flash loan, resulting in a loss of approximately 109,460.85 USDT. The attack involved an unprotected burn function that allowed the attacker to manipulate token reserves.

• NewsSep 21, 2026

  The Internet Token suffers loss due to arbitrary external call

  The Internet Token experienced a loss of $16,380 due to an arbitrary external call. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in the token's smart contract interactions.

• NewsSep 19, 2026

  Where Amir Capital's money went: a three-chain trace

  An on-chain trace of the Amir Capital investment scheme across Bitcoin, Tron and Ethereum. 4,262 BTC and $51.1M in USDT passed through wallets that are empty today, but one Aave position worth roughly $17.8M is still live — and it moved to a new address on 11 August 2026.

• NewsSep 19, 2026

  Blink Wallet Pauses Services After Security Incident

  Blink Wallet has paused its services to investigate a security incident involving custodial accounts. An attacker accessed a limited number of these accounts and withdrew funds, but most funds remain secure.

• NewsSep 19, 2026

  Fetch.ai Suffers $1.53 Million Loss Due to Private Key Compromise

  Fetch.ai experienced a significant security incident resulting in a loss of $1.53 million. The breach was attributed to a compromised private key.

• NewsSep 19, 2026

  MultiversX Network Paused Due to Exploit Attempt

  An exploit attempt on the MultiversX mainnet led to invalid on-chain state changes. The network was paused to prevent further impact while engineers worked on a fix.

• NewsSep 19, 2026

  NuNet Suffers Loss Due to Private Key Compromise

  NuNet experienced a significant security incident resulting from a compromised private key. The incident led to a loss of $462,730.

• NewsSep 18, 2026

  Likwid Exploited for $55,721 Due to Contract Bug

  The BNB Chain DeFi protocol Likwid suffered an exploit resulting in a loss of $55,721. The incident involved a bug in the margin-borrow contract that allowed the attacker to drain funds from the vault.

• NewsSep 18, 2026

  Nomic Flaw Leads to $3.15 Million Loss for Osmosis

  A flaw in Nomic's forwarding logic resulted in a significant loss for Osmosis. The incident involved the minting of unbacked nBTC and the subsequent movement of funds to Tornado Cash.

• NewsSep 17, 2026

  Nostra DeFi Protocol Exploit Results in $3.5 Million Loss

  Nostra, a DeFi lending protocol, experienced an exploit due to oracle price manipulation. An attacker borrowed approximately $3.5 million in various cryptocurrencies using inflated collateral.

• NewsSep 17, 2026

  Nostra Money Market Suffers $3.5 Million Loss from Price Manipulation

  Nostra Money Market experienced a significant loss due to spot price manipulation. The incident resulted in a total loss of $3.5 million.

• NewsSep 16, 2026

  Bonfiretoken Incident Involves $50,000 Loss Due to Access Control Flaw

  An access control vulnerability in the BonfireSwap router led to a loss of approximately $50,000. The incident affected around 41 approved holders of the token.

• NewsSep 16, 2026

  Flamincome Exploited for $345,900 Due to Unsafe Asset Accounting

  Flamincome, associated with Flamingo Finance, suffered an exploit resulting in a loss of $345,900. The incident involved unsafe asset accounting and valuation techniques.

• NewsSep 16, 2026

  Liquid Network Exploit Results in $320 Million Loss

  An exploit in the Liquid Network led to a significant loss of funds. The incident involved the minting of unbacked L-BTC through a cache-key collision.

• NewsSep 16, 2026

  Nimiq Targeted by Meta-Transaction Auth Flaw Exploit

  An attacker exploited a vulnerability in OpenGSN meta-transactions affecting Nimiq. The incident resulted in a loss of approximately $50,463.

• NewsSep 16, 2026

  Startale Suffers Loss Due to Improper Access Control

  Startale experienced a security incident resulting in a loss of $2,876. The incident was attributed to improper access control mechanisms.

• NewsSep 15, 2026

  Bonfire Suffers $47,400 Loss Due to Improper Access Control

  Bonfire experienced a security incident resulting in a loss of $47,400. The incident was attributed to improper access control mechanisms.

• NewsSep 15, 2026

  DCENT Wallet Issues Urgent Security Alert Over Abnormal Transfers

  DCENT Wallet reported abnormal asset transfers in its mobile App Wallet, prompting an investigation. Users are advised to transfer funds to secure wallets immediately.

• NewsSep 14, 2026

  Exploitation of Liquid Network Results in $320 Million Loss

  An actor exploited a vulnerability in Elements to mint unbacked L-BTC, draining $320 million from Liquid Network. The actor returned a majority of the funds but retained a portion, leading to ongoing disputes.

• NewsSep 14, 2026

  Long Bridge Incident Involves Fabricated Withdrawals

  Long Bridge experienced a security incident where funds were released due to fabricated events. The issue was resolved the same day without user losses.

• NewsSep 14, 2026

  Spiral Suffers Loss from Uniswap V4 Pool Manipulation

  Spiral experienced a loss of approximately $26,800 due to a manipulation of the Uniswap V4 pool spot price. The attack involved bypassing a guard mechanism to borrow against inflated collateral.

• NewsSep 14, 2026

  Tectonic Suffers $120.4 Million Loss from Token Manipulation

  An attacker inflated Tectonic's TONIC token and borrowed against it, leading to significant losses. A rollback recovered most of the funds, but a portion remains unrecovered.

• NewsSep 12, 2026

  Chainflip Exploited on TRON USDT Integration, Leading to Significant Loss

  Chainflip lost 736,442.17 USDT on its TRON USDT integration to duplicated refunds. PublicAML traced the exploiter, its funding wallet and a 749,000 USDT consolidation that is moving to a Binance deposit address.

• NewsSep 11, 2026

  Dominion Market's $SILV Treasury Compromised, $238K Lost

  Dominion Market's Solana silver token $SILV experienced a treasury multisig compromise, resulting in a loss of $238,000. The attacker exploited a 3-of-5 key mechanism to deplete the treasury and manipulate token liquidity.

• NewsSep 11, 2026

  Ether.fi Liquid Users Lose Funds Due to Access Control Exploit

  Users of ether.fi Liquid lost approximately 15.45 ETH due to an exploit. The incident affected around 11 users.

• NewsSep 11, 2026

  $50 million bridged from Nesa to Ethereum in security incident

  An attacker bridged 257.7 million NES from Nesa to Ethereum, resulting in a loss of approximately $50 million. The incident is linked to a known bug chain affecting multiple platforms.

• NewsSep 11, 2026

  OMNI404 Token Exploit Results in Loss of $5,923

  An exploit involving the OMNI404 token led to a loss of $5,923. The attack utilized flash loans and Uniswap V3 swaps to drain funds from the pool.

• NewsSep 11, 2026

  ORBToken Exploited for $32,610.72 on BSC

  ORBToken suffered an exploit resulting in a loss of $32,610.72. The attack involved exploiting vulnerabilities in the token's functions and mechanisms.

• NewsSep 11, 2026

  Symbiosis Bitcoin Bridge Exploit Results in $336,000 Loss

  An exploit of Symbiosis's Bitcoin Bridge led to a significant loss of funds. The attacker minted unbacked syBTC and sold WBTC on Ethereum.

• NewsSep 10, 2026

  Private Key Compromise at Dominion

  Dominion experienced a security incident involving a compromised private key. The details regarding the mechanism and financial loss are not specified.

• NewsSep 10, 2026

  Symbiosis Suffers $336,000 Loss from Unbacked Cross-Chain Mint

  Symbiosis experienced a loss of $336,000 due to an unbacked cross-chain mint incident.

• NewsSep 9, 2026

  Amnext Exploited for $116,100 via Mass Minting

  The Amnext protocol on BSC was exploited, resulting in a loss of $116,100. An attacker mass-minted Ticket AMC and drained funds through PancakeSwap.

• NewsSep 9, 2026

  BeatSwap Exploit Results in $77,512 Loss on BSC

  BeatSwap was exploited on the BSC chain, leading to a loss of $77,512. The attack involved manipulating the price oracle used by the platform.

• NewsSep 9, 2026

  BeatXswap Suffers Loss from Spot Price Manipulation

  BeatXswap experienced a loss due to spot price manipulation. The incident resulted in a financial impact of $77,512.

• NewsSep 9, 2026

  Nomic nBTC Bridge Exploit Results in $3.15 Million Loss

  A bug in Nomic's forwarding mechanism allowed an attacker to double-spend nBTC. The incident led to the freezing of funds and a governance proposal to recover losses.

• NewsSep 9, 2026

  Zentra Finance Exploited for $140,030 via Flash Loan Attack

  Zentra Finance suffered a loss of $140,030 due to a single transaction exploit. The attack involved using flash liquidity to drain funds from the lending pool.

• NewsSep 8, 2026

  $50 million bridged from Nesa to Ethereum in security incident

  An incident involving Nesa resulted in the bridging of $50 million worth of NES to Ethereum. The mechanism of the attack was not disclosed by Nesa.

• NewsSep 8, 2026

  $50 million NES bridged from Nesa to Ethereum in security incident

  An attacker bridged 257.7 million NES from Nesa to Ethereum, resulting in a loss of approximately $50 million. The incident is linked to a known vulnerability affecting other platforms in the Cosmos EVM ecosystem.

• NewsSep 8, 2026

  WealthManagementV2 Contract Exploited for 26,414 USDT Loss

  The WealthManagementV2 contract experienced a loss of 26,414 USDT due to suspected illegal transfer of owner privileges. An attacker manipulated contract parameters and withdrew funds in a single transaction.

• NewsSep 7, 2026

  Cozy Finance Exploit Results in $170,000 Loss

  An exploit against Cozy Finance has resulted in a loss of approximately $170,000. The attack involved burning Cozy PTokens and transferring USDC.e from a Cozy Set contract.

• NewsSep 7, 2026

  DEX Router Exploit on BSC Results in Loss of $46,070

  An unnamed DEX router on BNB Chain was exploited, leading to a loss of $46,070. The attacker drained token allowances from multiple wallets in a single transaction.

• NewsSep 6, 2026

  Liquid Network Exploit Results in $320 Million Loss

  A bug in Elements allowed attackers to create unbacked L-BTC and withdraw BTC from Liquid.

• NewsSep 5, 2026

  Dream Health Chain Suffers $71,800 Loss Due to Reward Logic Flaw

  A reward logic flaw on the Dream Health Chain resulted in a loss of $71,800. The incident occurred on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

• NewsSep 5, 2026

  Reddio's RedSonic Vault Exploited for $22,940 on Ethereum

  Reddio's RedSonic Vault on Ethereum was exploited, resulting in a loss of approximately $22,940. The attacker utilized a flash loan to manipulate the vault's share price and redeem excess assets.